MACEDONIA
We know the truth, not only by the reason,but also by the heart.
The Truth is: The inhabitants of F.Y.R.O.M. are primarily Albanians, Bulgarians and Slavs and have nothing in common with the ancient Macedonians.
They say: The inhabitants of FYROM speak what was once known as the ancient Macedonian language
The Truth is:What is spoken in the Vardar Banovina region today is a Slavic variation of Bulgarian। This language evolved to what it is today after two Greek brothers, missionaries of Christianity from Thessaloniki; Cyril and Methodius (who later were named saints); brought Christianity to the Slavs in about 855, and introduced the Glagolic (First version of Cyrillic) alphabet in order to be able to translate (the Slavs were lacking a form of written language) Greek Christian text into Slavonic (Old Bulgarian).
They say: Ancient Macedonians were not Hellenes because they used to war and destroy Hellenic cities।
The Truth is: Due to the geographical character of Greece and the lack of physical continuation between the City States, often political and/or financial friction was created between the City States resulting to skirmishes (A very common way of resolving issues at the time) and is far from being proof of Ethnic Identity. However proof of the Hellenic ethnic identity shared by the City States (inclusive of Macedonia) is the fact that all used to unite when in peril, into one military force to fight off invaders (such as the Persians) and drive them outside their lands and territories. The list of fictitious arguments is endless... On the lighter side of this controversy, it is really humorous to see that even the Vardar Banovina nationalists dont believe their Macedonian background claims and they manage to debunk their own arguments to the rest of the world amusement:
1)The former President of The F.Y.R.O.M., Kiro Gligorov said: ''We are Slavs who came to this area in the sixth century we are not descendants of the ancient Macedonia''(Foreign Information Service Daily Report, Eastern Europe, February 26, 1992, p। 35).
2)The former President of The F.Y.R.O.M., Kiro Gligorov declared:
''We are Macedonians but we are Slav Macedonians. Thats who we are! We have no connection to ALEXANDER THE GREAT and his Macedonia Our ancestors came here in the 5th and 6th century '' (Toronto Star, March 15, 1992).
3)On 22 January 1999, Ambassador of the F.Y.R.O.M. to the USA, Ljubica Achevska gave a speech on the present situation in the Balkans. In answering questions at the end of her speech Mrs. Acevshka said:
''We do not claim to be descendants of Alexander the Great Greece is Macedonias second largest trading partner, and its number one investor. Instead of opting for war, we have chosen the mediation of the United Nations, with talks on the ambassadorial level under Mr. Vance and Mr. Nemitz.'' In reply to another question about the ethnic origin of the people of the F.Y.R.O.M., Ambassador Achevska stated that ''we are Slavs and we speak a Slav language''.
4)On 24 February 1999, in an interview with the Ottawa Citizen, Gyordan Veselinov, FYROMS Ambassador to Canada, admitted, ''We are not related to the northern Greeks who produced leaders like Philip and Alexander the Great. We are a Slav people and our language is closely related to Bulgarian.He also commented, There is some confusion about the identity of the people of my country''.
5)The Foreign Minister of the F.Y.R.O.M., Slobodan Casule, in an interview to Utrinski Vesnik of Skopje on December 29, 2001, said that he mentioned to the Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, Solomon Pasi, that they belong to the same Slav people. ''Concluding, it is evident that the population of the Vardar Banovina region is in desperate need of a name that reflects their real ethnic identity; however this identity cannot and should not be borrowed, stolen or extorted from neighboring ethnic groups. The name of Macedonia is an Ethnic Symbol, a symbol that is inherited based on blood line, an inheritance that goes back to the original
MACEDONIAN HELLENES, an inheritance that cannot be duplicated, emulated, or acquired through thievery, political pressure, or historical forgery.
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